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Here is the Melanistic Pantera Pardus piece he did on Thea Hogan at American Graffiti in Sacramento...

Tigers... Richard's to be specific, and I tossed his latest Tiger-Shark in too... He can never get tired of the big cats... I have soo many Pantera Pardus, and Leopard heads, and hyena's... But he always comes back to the tiger.

Rock of Ages Session 4
Josh Damnit
Classic Tattoo, Upland CA

I say get things as you get them, and don't worry about the space or size. I think some of the coolest tattoos I have ever seen are the ones that are worked into odd spaces.

I received mine last week and I really like it. I am sure you will be happy with it.

I will interpret your post the way I want to, which is that you wonder what barbecued vegans taste like. I mean, most of them are grass fed, free range specimens, right?

Work in progress...

Just me or did anyone else notice the tattoo in the photo looks totally fake and just photoshopped on there?
if you can post a larger photo with better definition i'll take back my comment....
As of now however, I call fake.

My sleeve by Scott Sylvia is finished. So I'll enter it into the April contest. Thanks Scott!!!

got a quick one from my fiancé James Buie at Inksmith n Rogers the other day... it's from some Paul Rogers flash

I got tattooed last weekend by Chad Koeplinger when he was visiting Frith Street Tattoo. Such an awesome guy and an amazing tattooer, I will be geting more tattoos from him in the future. Apologies in advance for the poor photography skills, the tattoo wraps around a bit because it's really swollen but i'll post a better photo as soon as it's had chance to heal properly!

First off- congrats on your decision to get tattooed! It's a big personal step and I'm glad you've decided to bring the entire internet full of strangers into that decision-making process!
I was a little upset when you suggested we weren't living up to our potential. Frankly, it reminded me of the many times I'd heard that statement from parents, teachers, and employers. But I'm a lemonade from lemons kinda fella, so I decided to take your statement as a challenge and present you with my concept of your tattoo idea. I've spent sometime playing Draw Something (up to my first color pack!), so I have some experience with bring people's words into artistic reality. So here it is- don't worry about paying me, it's about paying it forward :D

I got this on Friday, birds and flowers, kind of in the style of Polish papercuts (wycinanki). It's my first tattoo for 11 years. It's just lined out at the moment but I think it looks pretty good.

I'm ethnically Japanese. On behalf of my people, I give you a pass. Enjoy your tattoo :-)
Actually it's funny because as I understand and simplify it, there was one point in history when it was illegal for Japanese people to get tattoos. The only people that could get the old school japanese style tattoo work from Japanese tattooists without the Government freaking out were the foreigners. So if you want to get really old school about it, you're continuing tradition. Ha ha.
Have fun, get what you want, make yourself happy.

I just finished this yesterday. Two two hour sittings. Matt Brotka, Salvation Tattoo, Richmond, Virginia.

I'll throw my hat into the ring this month...

Oliver Peck!

Absolutely love this show. Books are even better.

My first bike was a Honda Shadow. I have nothing bad to say about it. It was a great starter bike.

That is one awesome tiger. I don't blame you if you get a kink in your neck starring at it all the time.

Bryan Burk yesterday
Dark Horse, Los Angeles

Last Sunday, I had Stuart Cripwell tack on some stems to the Tudor roses he put on me last year:

Really hard to get a photo of them, and they're not quite healed, but I think they turned out great.

Hello everyone,
I stumbled onto this forum a few weeks ago and have been addicted ever since. I love tattoos and this is one of the only places that I have found with knowlegable and intersting dicussions regarding tattoos and the tattoo community from both the artists and collectors prospectives. I look forward to being a part of this forum.
-Chad